This is called miliary TB, a disseminated form of tuberculosis. Miliary TB got its name in 1700 from John Jacob Manget based on how it appears on autopsy findings, after a patient had died.

The BCG vaccine is most effective in preventing pediatric TB, in particular, miliary TB and tuberculous meningitis. However, it has a limited effect in preventing pulmonary TB, which occurs more ...

Moreover, any tuberculous invasion entails a latent miliary dissemination. In their study of 235 children with primary tuberculosis Monbrun and Lavat 1 found choroidal tubercles, which are the ...

3 Another complication of a low-sodium diet, not previously reported, is the flare-up of quiescent miliary tuberculosis. In the following case Addison's disease (chronic adrenocortical deficiency ...

Jessica Horley, from Bexley, spent five months in hospital, including more than a month in isolation, after being diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis. The bacterial infection spread to her brain ...